Nice to meet you all

[Haas-Meister]

Hello Everyone,

My name is Robert and have been a Hifi enthusiast since my childhood. Audio has for some reason always grabbed my attention.

I've only in the last 2 years started moving away from my integrated receiver to components. Then, I started switching out gears when I was able to find them far, or just below market value to finance my curiosity One morning I got a fantastic deal on a Golden Tube Audio SE-40 and am now a converted tube aficionado. I found an audio electronics guru online with whom I have been tuning my entire system, mainly with PIO tuning caps in my speaker crossovers, power amp, and preamp. I would say I've reached a very reasonable level of high fidelity in my system and am actually fairly satisfied on how things sound now (particularly in light of the low total $ investment).

Musical preferences are broad. I am actually quite a big fan of synth music, when it is done right, but generally find it very difficult to find good music in this area (Depeche Mode is my favorite, Simple Minds, A Flock of Seagulls, Japan, Blade Runner Soundtrack etc.). I also enjoy classical, jazz, rock and oldies.

My upcoming audio endeavor will be a phono preamp DIY kit I just ordered. I've been told to stay away from phono DIYs as they are prone to distortion and noise, but hey, I admit I love to play around with electronics, so I'll just view this as a fund activity, even if it turn out a useless end-product

Current setup IMG_3653.jpg:
Turntable 1: Thorens TD320
Cartridge 1: Nagaoka MP 500
Turntable 2: Audio Technica AP-120 (highly modded, i.e. preamp removed, tone arm rewired, etc.)
Cartridge 2: Ortofon 2M 78
Phono Stage: Musical Fidelity V90-LPS
DAC: Cambridge Audio CXN V2
Preamp: Golden Tube Audio SEP-1 (modded w/ PIO caps)
Poweramp: Golden Tube Audio SE 40 (modded w/ PIO caps)
Speakers: Elac FS 209.2 (modded w/ PIO caps)
Accessory: CablePro Noisetrapper NANA 8-Outlet Power Strip